110.94 Acres
The Intermountain Irrigated Pasture Project was founded in 2005 through a long-term lease with Dennis W. and Karen T. Jackson and Wells and Jodie Jackson Family Trust. The project site contains 113 acres divided into 13 study areas ranging from 9-10 acres, and an overflow grazing area of 6 acres. In addition, buildings are available to be used as freezing and drying areas, as well as a harvested forage storage area. Each of the research areas is surrounded by a high-voltage electric fence. The project builds on previous work done by an interdisciplinary team of UAES researchers regarding pasture management.
The project has focused on forage development that is viable under an intensively managed grazing system and on various livestock studies in which cattle and sheep are grazed under management intensive systems. Forages studied include native and introduced grasses, a variety of legumes, and other forbs. Animal systems include cow-calf, calf backgrounding and cattle finishing. Other studies include sheep under different grazing strategies, work related to the Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation & Ecosystem Management (BEHAVE) group at USU.
The sustainability of U.S. agriculture is threatened by the degradation and/or loss of ecosystem services through natural processes or human interventions such as reduced biological diversity, water and air pollution, and loss of soil quality.
The long-term goal of this project is to improve the profitability of Utah livestock producers, reduce the negative environmental impact of ruminant production and increase the food security of residents of Utah and the northern Mountain West.
Dairy products constitute the second largest sector of the organic agriculture industry in the US. And dairy cow replacement costs are second only to feed costs in magnitude for the average dairy farm: between one-third and one-fourth of the entire herd i...
The objectives of project 1329 are to determine the methane emissions, fatty acid concentrations, rates of feed passage, and nitrogen partitioning in waste of cattle on three types of pasture (a grass, a tannin-containing legume, and a non-tannin legume) ...
